The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-24
SOME CITY MATTERS.
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS

And Paving appropriations The Board Ia.
sists on Its rrerogatIves- Garbage Con.
tracts Relet Difficulties Of a seri-
Gus Character In tho way.
A regular nemi.monthly meeting OF
Council will be held tonight, and a full
attendance Of membera may be looked Tor
ss several matters Of considerable import.
ance will be presented. The most import.
ant will be the ordinance presented by
Mr.. Jaeger, three weeks ago, amending
the annual appropriation ordinance by
providing that the Board Of Public Works,
after expanding specified sums, and as
much more as may be necessary, in fnish.
ing the new paving contracted for and
partially completed last year, shall have
the authority TO expend the balance
Of Its appropriation 80 1t in its
judgment may deem best for tho
general interests OF the city. In other
words, Mr.. Jaeger'g ordinance kills the
Robertson substitute, which Is a part Of
the ordinance as 1t now stands, and which
Ia very distasteful 10 tho Board. The
Board claims that in the fret place the
Council has no right to dictate as to where
improvements may be made; that 1t may
suggest, but that to ordsin that money
shall BIO appropriated only for such and
such work Ia contrary to the idea that led
to tho formation OF tho Board and 10 its
effectiveness.
NOT ENOUGH MONEY.
In the second place the Board claims
that even were 1t disposed 10 do all the
work enumerated in the Robertson sub.
etitute, the principal items OF which are,
paving, in addition to completing tho uu.
finished work Of laB. year, Main atree.
from Jouathan's rnvine 10 Third street;
from Ninth TO Eleventh street; from
Twelfth to Twenty.iourth street; on
TTenty-iourth from Main to Chapline; on
Eighteenth from Eotf to Wood and con.
siderable work on the Island, It would not
have enough money 10 DO 1t all, counting
in. in addition 10 The appropriation, the
ten cent levy fund AID it's contingent
fund, whichits rules provide ehall be used
for cleaning and keeping in repair the
streets.
| On the other hand the pubatituts people
claim tlat in case tho Board 10 allowed 10
follow it's own sweet sill in dispensing Ire
mousy allowed II. that il will degenerate
into body Of political workers; thatif the
precedent OF allowing the Board TO ex.
pend the revenues that come into its
hands wherever it desires, becomes fully
established, singste,s will soon be
sitter places on the Board, and II will be-
come machine. They claim further that
as representatives. OF the psople they have
the right 10 direct wheTa their creature.
the Board, shail improve, co as 10 benefit:
the largest number. In reply 10 the
argument that tho substitute pr0rides for
more work thGa can bA paid Tor, they az
firm that the calculations were made on
actual measurements and ut the highest
figures possible, md that it can be doue.
There a;e other arguments il favor CT tho
substitute, such TIA. it is only juasice to
those owning property on MAN street,
Centre Wheeling, and whoee property has
greatly deprecated in value since the
street railway track vas removed, that the
street shoult be paved.
THE EoARDs rLAN.
II ia understood that the Boards plsn,
il allowed to have its own wsy, is to pave
Tenth street from the Suspension bridge
10 Market, and down Market TO the creek,
ana CT Main from Tenth to Eleventh
street, and from Twelfth TO Sixteenth
street; also to extaEd the paving Oh Sew.
cnteenth street from Market TO Chaplinc
that will nave 10 be dcGe in order 10 Sc.
grira thGt street, on Out TO the Atlantic
engine house. This would pave tue blsi-
ness heurt Of the city, where the beet
streets arc Esdly in want jna: at pIeeent.
AS the strcet csr company would have to
etgnd its share in paving Market street, all
this paving, the Board claim8 could eaBily
hesCcomplished, including the necessary
geGers.
When the Robertson substitute was
made q part OF tho appropriation ordi.
nance, il hsd many WEIR supporters
msny Of these have now changed front.
Tho Jaeger ordinance has received one
sjo!i!y vote in the Second Branch and
will come up the fret thing this evening
for the second vote that will paHs it. It is
eaid tiat II ~!Il also DC adopted IN the
rms III Tue meanwhile the contracts
haVo not oe:n mac" anti 6one splendid
weather for paving purposes hus slipped
away.
INC nnucrGsandihE 70 mat N csso the
Robertson substitute IS allowed 10 stand,
i3e bo"fu Win resign III cody. The
board ineE !ast evening lor the pur-
pose among other thihg5, OF opening bIds
Tor !urniah!nH curh'nG. Several bids were
opened but no contract ~es awSrded; one
member G!gnihcan!iy remarked that in
CASE thar next meeting "ss not the!1 last
one tbs contract Wonld DO awarded
then. They Gle MOI want 20 make con.
trac!a for those who migh: possibly fill
their places III o Ehot time.
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